1. Wondered last night during the opening dialogue scenes Merle had with Rick & Carol how much longer they were going to continue with his character. The "loyalty to prison gang/Daryl vs. loyalty to Woodbury" thing had been played out, and there was no resolution on either side. He couldn't go back to Woodbury, but he was likely never going to be trusted enough to be absorbed completely into the prison group.

2. That said, the ending still took me by surprise. I figured it was still a possible set-up using the arc in the books - Merle was wounded by the gunshot, taken hostage, trotted out by the Governor in front of the prison gang as a last-ditch effort to make a deal (or fracture the prison group), then executed, which would kick off the war. The whole scene where Daryl discovers Merle was one of the better scenes this season.

3. I have only read up through the first compendium, which basically ends just about where they are now - with the only thing left the assault on the prison. As noted above, the teasers for the finale suggest we get there pretty quickly. There are some loose ends that still need to be tied up, obviously - Andrea, Milton (remember...the Governor found out he was the one who torched the walker pits). I'll be interested to see if they manage to bring Tyrese over to the prison group.

I'm waiting for one, maybe two people to be killed off that we never expected, kind of like Dale was at the end of last season. I think Glen's fate - given some earlier spoilers in this forum - is a foregone conclusion.

Spoiler:

Yea Glen may be the next to go. Though, I wonder if Morgan makes another appearance in the finale

1. Wondered last night during the opening dialogue scenes Merle had with Rick & Carol how much longer they were going to continue with his character. The "loyalty to prison gang/Daryl vs. loyalty to Woodbury" thing had been played out, and there was no resolution on either side. He couldn't go back to Woodbury, but he was likely never going to be trusted enough to be absorbed completely into the prison group.

2. That said, the ending still took me by surprise. I figured it was still a possible set-up using the arc in the books - Merle was wounded by the gunshot, taken hostage, trotted out by the Governor in front of the prison gang as a last-ditch effort to make a deal (or fracture the prison group), then executed, which would kick off the war. The whole scene where Daryl discovers Merle was one of the better scenes this season.

3. I have only read up through the first compendium, which basically ends just about where they are now - with the only thing left the assault on the prison. As noted above, the teasers for the finale suggest we get there pretty quickly. There are some loose ends that still need to be tied up, obviously - Andrea, Milton (remember...the Governor found out he was the one who torched the walker pits). I'll be interested to see if they manage to bring Tyrese over to the prison group.

I'm waiting for one, maybe two people to be killed off that we never expected, kind of like Dale was at the end of last season. I think Glen's fate - given some earlier spoilers in this forum - is a foregone conclusion.

Spoiler:

I think Glenn is definitely going to die.

I also think Judith will get killed as well (I'm not looking forward to seeing a baby die) I can't see them having a 1 or 2 year old in future seasons during the zombie apocalypse as a cast member.

I guessed Merle as well a few weeks ago. Also guessed Herschel for the shock value.

SolidSnake wrote:It's funny when people say they don't wanna watch the show or episode yet they wanna know what happened.

makes sense to me. lately on this show, there's been a few minutes of relevancy surrounded by several minutes of garbage. if you're pressed for time, it's good to skip the garbage

Sounds like a show you shouldn't be watching then, or even care about.

i might give it up next season. i obviously hated this season, and if they didn't get a new show runner, i'd make up my mind right now. but i'll see what happens with the new guy. and ditching woodbury will help brighten my outlook.

nocera wrote:Yeah if you hate this show now, I doubt a change of scenery will make you suddenly love it again. Maybe you just don't like it. It's okay, you don't have to. There are so many great tv shows to watch.

Really? Because the woodbury thing completely turned the show in a different direction. Its not a survival show now like it was before. The human vs human angle works completely differently than the show had prior.

nocera wrote:Yeah if you hate this show now, I doubt a change of scenery will make you suddenly love it again. Maybe you just don't like it. It's okay, you don't have to. There are so many great tv shows to watch.

Really? Because the woodbury thing completely turned the show in a different direction. Its not a survival show now like it was before. The human vs human angle works completely differently than the show had prior.

Possibly. I'd argue that it's always been human vs. human though. The only true "survival" episodes happened early in the first season.

Maybe people just aren't big on Woodbury/The Governor, in which case, yeah, maybe a change of scenery would make it better for them.